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Hawaiʻi · 2001—2026

Hawaiian monk seal

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Total reports
93
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14 July 2020—15 November 2025

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Island markers filter reports. Place markers show named shores or offshore islands from published records, never exact animal positions. Counts are reports, not seals.

75 of 93 reports name a mapped island · 32 have a named shore or island reference

Main Hawaiian Islands same scale

N ↑Kauaʻi: 34 reports, filter this area1Oʻahu: 39 reports, filter this area2Molokaʻi: 1 report, filter this area3Maui: 1 report, filter this area4Lahaina shoreline14

Kauaʻi coast enlarged

Miloliʻi: 2 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate1Poʻipū Beach: 2 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate2

Oʻahu coast enlarged

Kaʻena Point: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate3Camp Erdman shoreline: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate4Pōkaʻī Bay: 2 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate5Kahe Point: 5 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate6Paradise Cove: 2 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate7Three Tables Beach: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate8White Plains Beach: 5 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate9Waikīkī shoreline: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate10Kaimana Beach: 2 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate11Baby Makapuʻu tide pools: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate12Mānana (Rabbit Island): 6 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate13

Reported islands west to east

  1. Kauaʻi34 reports
  2. Oʻahu39 reports
  3. Molokaʻi1 report
  4. Maui1 report

Named shores and islands

  1. Miloliʻi2 reports
  2. Poʻipū Beach2 reports
  3. Kaʻena Point1 report
  4. Camp Erdman shoreline1 report
  5. Pōkaʻī Bay2 reports
  6. Kahe Point5 reports
  7. Paradise Cove2 reports
  8. Three Tables Beach1 report
  9. White Plains Beach5 reports
  10. Waikīkī shoreline1 report
  11. Kaimana Beach2 reports
  12. Baby Makapuʻu tide pools1 report
  13. Mānana (Rabbit Island)6 reports
  14. Lahaina shoreline1 report

Other reported areas

These records give only a state or county area. Their shoreline remains unspecified.

Outline: Natural Earth. Place references: USGS, State of Hawaiʻi, NOAA and University of Hawaiʻi.

Reports over time

Select a year, then a month. Counts describe published reports; one animal may appear in several reports.

  1. 22020
  2. 22021
  3. 22022
  4. 22023
  5. 22024
  6. 22025

Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.

  1. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified Gabi Friedman — iNaturalist (gabi6)

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal

  2. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified Charlee — iNaturalist (wvwildchild)

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal

  3. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified Jeff Stilwell — iNaturalist (jeffstilwell)

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal

  4. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified onlymia — iNaturalist

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal

  5. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified Mike Ambrose — iNaturalist (mikeambrose)

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal

  6. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified Erin Greunke — iNaturalist (egreunke)

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal

  7. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified Adam — iNaturalist (adamstinks)

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal

  8. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified lkapono — iNaturalist

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal

  9. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified coastalcatt — iNaturalist

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal

  10. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified t-trex — iNaturalist

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal

  11. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified Chris Scharf / Royle Safaris — iNaturalist

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). The source credits photographer Chris Scharf, with the record shared by Royle Safaris. Hawaiian monk seal

  12. Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi
    Unidentified Tumbleweed85 — iNaturalist (tarafied85)

    Photographic observation identified on iNaturalist as Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi). Hawaiian monk seal